Abstract
Three new species of the leafhopper genus Thagria from China, T. trifurcata sp. nov., T. denticosta sp. nov. and T. fimbriata sp. nov., are described, illustrated and photographed. In addition, T. lateralis Fan & Li, 2017 is placed as a new synonym of T. menglana Wang & Zhang, 2017.
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